Breeches.



C. E. OATHOUT.

BREECHES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11. 1914.

Lmmm .1. Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

"man l CHARLES E. OATHOUT, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE KAYNEE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

BREEOHES.

1,18OJL81.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

Application filed June 17, 1914. Serial No. 845,603.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES E. OATHOUT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Breeches, of which the following is a specification, the principle of the invention being herein explained, and the best mode in which I have contemplated applying that principle, so as to distinguish it from other inventions.

The present invention relates to garments, and it particularly provides a pair of boys breeches peculiarly constructed so that they are very practical and will always maintain a neat appearance, and so that they may be made by economical manufacturing operations.

To the accomplishment of these and related ends, said invention, then, consists of the means hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The annexed drawing and the following description set forth in detail a certain construction embodying the invention, such disclosed means constituting, however, but one of various forms in which the principle of the invention may be used.

In said annexed drawing :-Figure 1 is a front elevation of a garment embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is a broken elevation of the rear face of the front side of the garment; Fig. 3 is a broken elevation similar to Fig. 2 but with parts in dilferent position; Fig. 4 is a section on the line H in Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 in Fig. 3.

The garment includes a front made up of two pieces of material 1 secured together as hereafter described and secured by suitable seams to the back of the garment made up of pieces of material 12 and 13. The two pieces of material 1, which together constitute the front of the garment, are secured together on a vertical central line of the garment by a seam 2 extending downwardly from the waist-line of the garment and a seam 3 extending upwardly from the crotch, the ends l and 5 of the respective seams being spaced from each other. Both pieces of material 1 extend on the inner face of the front of the garment inwardly beyond the line of the seams 2 and 3. This of course may be easily provided for by seaming the two pieces together at a distance from their edges. The inwardly extending portions 6 of the two pieces overlie each other, one portion 6 being folded back upon the rear face of the piece of which it is an extension, and the other portion 6 lying over the folded portion. The inwardly extending portions are bound together along their edges 7 except between, the points 8 adjacent to the space between the ends 4. and 5 of the seams 2 and 3. The distance between the points 8 is preferably longer than the distance between the ends 4 and 5 of the seams. At the crotch of the garment the overlying portions 6 are jointly secured against the inner face of the adjacent piece of material 1 by a seam 9, and they are also secured against such inner face adjacent the waistline, preferably by a waist-band 10. At the ends 4 and 5 of the seams 2 and 3 the inwardly extending portions 6 are secured together for a part of their width by stitching 11.

' From the foregoing description it will be appreciated that in manufacturing the garment the two pieces of material 1 may be seamed together as described, and the inwardly extending portions of the pieces bound together, by rapid and economical operations. When completed the inwardly extending portions will normally lie in the position shown in Fig. 2, due to the fact that the portion of one piece is folded under the piece, while the portion of the other overlies such folded portion. Consequently the front of the garment will always maintain a vary neat appearance. This result is also aided by binding the inwardly ex tending portions 6 together, and it is further aided by securing them together at crotch and waist-line against the inner face of the adjacent piece of material so that the vertical pull on the garment tends to retain the two pieces of material 1 in closed contact between the ends 4 and 5 of the seams 2 and 3. hen desired, however, the two pieces of material, and their inwardly extending portions, may be readily separated as illustrated in Fig. 3.

Other modes of applying the principle of my invention may be employed instead of the one explained, change being made as regards the construction herein disclosed, provided the means stated by any of the following claims or the equivalent of such stated means be employed.

I therefore particularly point out andjdisjtinctly claim as my invention 1 1.-A' pair of breeches/including two" pieces of materlal seamed together ona cen--" tral vertical line of the breeches but dis.- united for a part of the extent of such line,

the pieces extending inw dl beyond the line of the seam and the inwardly extendi portions overlying each other;

2. A pair of breeches, including two pieces crotch, the adjacent ends of the seams being spaced apart and the pieces extending inwardly beyond the line of the seams, the inwardly extending portions overlying each other and having their edges bound together except adjacent the space between the ends of the seam.

3. A pair of breeches, including two pieces of material united on a central vertical line of the breeches by a seam extending downwardly from adjacent the waist-line and a seam extending upwardly from adjacent the crotch, the adjacent ends of the seams being spaced apart, and the pieces extending inwardly beyond the line of the seams, the in- 'wardl extendin oortions overl in each other and having their edges bound together except adjacent the space between thev ends of the seams, such portions being also secured together at the spaced ends of the seams.

4. A pair of breeches, including two pieces of material united on a central vertical line of the breeches by a seam extending "downwardly from adjacent the waist-line and a seam extending upwardly from adj acent the crotch, the adjacent ends of the sea-1ns being spaced apart, and the pieces extending inwardly beyond the line of the seams, the lnwardly extending portlons overlying each other and having their edges bound together except adjacent the space between the ends of the seams, such portions being also secured together at the spaced ends of the seams, and being secured adjacent the waist-line and crotch against the inner face of one of the pieces.

5. A pair of breeches, including two pieces of material united on a central vertical line of the breeches by a seam extending downwardly from the waist-line and a seam extending upwardly from adjacent the crotch, the adjacent ends of the seams being spaced apart, and the pieces extending inwardly beyond the line of the seams, the inwardly extending portions overlying each other and having their edges bound together except adjacent the space between the ends 01 the seams, the extent of the opening between the inwardly extending portions being greater than the length between the spaced ends of the seams and the inwardly extending portions being secured adjacent the waist-line and the crotch against the inner face of one of the pieces.

' Signed by me, this 15th day of June 1914.

CHARLES E. OATHOUT. Attested by- LOUIS H. HAYs, C. W. WALT FLEMING.

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' Washington, D. G. 

